cracking down on the tax-evading antics of Webcam strippers. "They are young girls, we can see from the photos," say the upholders of the law. Look for tomorrow's headline: "Surge in Swedish Tax Inspector Applications Reported."
-"It's never been this bad. Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Versace—they're not buying." Sayeth the shop clerk? The industry analyst? Try the Louisiana alligator farmer in today's "How's my recession doing?" piece.
- Interesting: The fact that Damien Hirst is doing cover art for The Hours' new album, See the Light. Less interesting: The actual artwork, a fairly standard spin painting most likely farmed out to a studio assistant.
-Finally, Black Rain, is the greatest short art film we've seen in a while, courtesy of the Heliospheric Imager on the NASA STEREO mission, 93 million miles farther along on Earth's orbit path. We could say it's like being a tourist in the midst of the Milky Way as you watch solar winds and planets and comets pass by, or that it's a postmodern 2001: A Space Odyssey, or the perfect visuals for a dubstep song—or we could just shut up and let you watch the thing.

Loose Ends: 4.10.09

- Swedish financial authorities, after what they call a "manual" investigation, have been cracking down on the tax-evading antics of Webcam strippers. "They are young girls, we can see from the photos," say the upholders of the law. Look for tomorrow's headline: "Surge in Swedish Tax Inspector Applications Reported."
-"It's never been this bad. Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Versace—they're not buying." Sayeth the shop clerk? The industry analyst? Try the Louisiana alligator farmer in today's "How's my recession doing?" piece.
- Interesting: The fact that Damien Hirst is doing cover art for The Hours' new album, See the Light. Less interesting: The actual artwork, a fairly standard spin painting most likely farmed out to a studio assistant.
-Finally, Black Rain, is the greatest short art film we've seen in a while, courtesy of the Heliospheric Imager on the NASA STEREO mission, 93 million miles farther along on Earth's orbit path. We could say it's like being a tourist in the midst of the Milky Way as you watch solar winds and planets and comets pass by, or that it's a postmodern 2001: A Space Odyssey, or the perfect visuals for a dubstep song—or we could just shut up and let you watch the thing.